priapean

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noun

pri·​a·​pe·​an

¦prīə¦pēən

variants or Priapean

plural -s

often capitalized

: a verse in classical poetry composed of a glyconic followed by a pherecratic

Priapean

2 of 2

adjective

Pri·​a·​pe·​an

¦prīə¦pēən

1

: priapic

2

or priapean : of or relating to a priapean

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Late Latin priapeius (from Latin, of Priapus) + English -an; from the meter having been used in Roman poems to Priapus

Adjective

Latin priapeius of or relating to Priapus (from Greek priapeios of Priapus, from Priapos Priapus, Greco-Roman god of procreation and fertility) + English -an

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